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conditions, under which the pickets contented themselves with exacting 'squeeze' from the local trade over the border1. Administrative Reports for the Year 1925, Appendix J, "Report on the New Territories for the Year 1925", p. J2. In Administrative Reports for the Year 1926, App J, "Report on the New Territories for 1926", p. J3, the District Officer notes that the fishermen in Mirs Bay suffered particularly seriously from the boycott, as they were unable to fish except close inshore, because of the "disturbed conditions”.
These Communist guerrillas had appeared in various parts of the East River area since at least 1925. They were the direct descendants of the rebels who had operated near Yim Tin in the first decade of the century, and were closely related to the groups who took over the Hoi-Luk Fung area to form the "Hoi-Luk Fung Soviet" on three separate occasions between 1925 and 1928. They were the original nucleus of the "East River Guerrillas" of the war years and just after.
40 The agreement specified that goods for the guerrillas would be treated as duty-free.
41 Juntonghanguan Bainian Dashup, op cit passim.
42. The son of the executed man had committed a robbery in the market, and left a "paper" at the scene of the crime which implicated him. He had fled back to his home near Yim Tin, where the soldiers could not get at him. So they took the father and shot him instead, behind the Man To Temple in the market, in the presence of most of the district's young people. The fact that the son fled to the rebel-held area, and the "paper" left at the scene, suggests that the robbery was politically motivated, and the execution, too.
43 Shatoupaode Lishe, op cit.
44 Administrative Reports for the Year 1910, Appendix I, "Report on the New Territories", p. 16. The bulk of the Sha Tau Kok marketing district was in the New Territories, and there was a satellite market at Yim Tin, which could service the part of the marketing district in China if the Sha Tau Kok market did cross the frontier.
45 Administrative Reports for the Year 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, Appendices J, pp. J8 (and Table IV), J3, J2, and J17 (and Table IX), respectively.
46 Administrative Reports for the Year 1937, Appendix J, pp. J7-10. "The typhoon of September the 2nd will long be remembered in the eastern parts of this District, where it caused much damage and suffering. Unfortunately, the height of the gale coincided with a very high tide, so that the swollen waters of Mirs Bay were driven with double force westward up Starling Inlet, whence they had no outlet. The sea rose, about 2-5 am, in places 20 feet and more higher than it had been known to rise for many decades. The resultant damage was astonishing. All round the shores of Starling Inlet roads, bridges, paths, piers, and bunds were breached and broken up, and buildings overthrown.
All the big bunds on Starling Inlet were [almost wholly overthrown].
Casualties were heavy, about 100 in "Brush" Sha Tau Kok.
At Sha Tau Kok the Officer in Charge of the Police Station displayed initiative in [getting the dead buried, animal corpses burned, and obstructions cleared] and in arranging for a supply of rice and peanut oil from Kowloon, which broke a ring at Sha Tau Kok Market who had greatly raised the prices of these two.
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conditions, under which the pickets contented themselves with exacting 'squeeze' from the local trade over the border " Administrative Reports for the Year 1925, Appendix J, "Repor on the New Tentones for the Year 1925", p J2. In Administrative Reports for the Year 1926, App J, "Report on the New Territories for 1926, p. J3, the District Officer notes that the fishermen in Mus Bay suffered particularly seriously from the boycott, as they were unable to fish except close inshore, because of the "disturbed conditions”
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These Communist guerrillas had appeared in various parts of the East River area since at least 1925. They were the direct descendants of the rebels who had operated near Yum Tin in the first decade of the century, and were closely related to the groups who took over the Hoi-Luk Fung area to form the "Hoi-Luk Fung Soviet" on three separate occasions between 1925 and 1928 They were the original nucleus of the "East River Guerrillas" of the war years and just affer
40 The agicement specified that goods for the guerillas would be treated as duty-free
41 Juntonghanguan Bainian Dashup, op cit passim
42. The son of the executed man had committed a robbery in the market, and left a "paper" at the scene of the crime which implicated lum. He had fled back to his home near Yim Tin. where the soldiers could not get at hum. So they took the father and shot him instead, behind the Man To Temple in the market, in the presence of most of the district's young people The fact that the son fled to the rebel-held area, and the "paper" left at the scene, suggests that the robbery was politically motivated, and the execution, too
41 Shatoupaode Lishe, op cit
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Administrative Reports for the Year 1910, Appendix 1, "Report on the New Territories", p. 16 The bulk of the Sha Tau Kok marketing district was in the New Territories, and there was a satellite market at Yim Tm, which could service the part of the marketing district in Chong if the Sha Tau Kok market did cross the frontier
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Administrative Reports for the Year 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, Appendices J, pp. J8 (and Table IV), J3, J2, and J17 (and Table IX), respectively
40 Administrative Reports for the Year 1937, Appendix J. pp J7-10 "The typhoon of September the 2nd will long be remembered in the eastern parts of this District, where it caused much damage and suffering Unfortunately, the height of the gale coincided with a very high tide, so that the swollen waters of mirs Bay were driven with double force westward up Starling intet whence they had no outlet The sea rose, about 2-5 am. in places 20 feet and more higher than it had been known to rise for many decades, The resultant damage was astonishing All round the shores of Starling Inlet roads. bridges, paths, piers, and bunds were breached and broken up, and buildings overthrown
All the big bunds on Starling Inlet were (almost wholly overthrown].
Casualties were heavy, about 100 in "Brush} Sha Tau Kok
At Sha Tau Kok the Officer in Charge of the Police Station displayed initiative in [getting the dead buried, animal corpses burned, and obstructions cleared and in arranging for a supply of rice and peanut oil from Kowloon which broke a ring at Sha Tau Kok Marker who had greatly raised the prices of these two
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